Essequibo Coast teen stabbed by 27-year-old taxi driver

A 16-year-old girl is currently a patient at the Suddie Public Hospital following an attacked that occurred on Monday evening, along the Abrams Zuil Public Road, Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam).
The teenager a fifth form student of Johanna Cecelia, was attack by a 27-year-old taxi driver from Queenstown, Essequibo Coast.
According to police reports, the teen, and the suspect are known to each other. Additional information revealed that the man was previously charged for raping the teen in 2023.
On Monday, the teen and her 14-year-old sister were walking along Queenstown Public Road when they spotted the man driving his car in a threatening manner towards them causing them to jump to safety.
The sisters later boarded a motorcar to head to the Suddie Police Station to make a report, however; as they were near the Abrams Zuil Secondary School, the suspect, who had been following them, swerved his car in front of the one in which they were travelling then exited his vehicle with a knife in hand, and grabbed the teen out of the car.
He then fled the scene on foot abandoning his car. The teen was rushed to the Suddie Public Hospital by public-spirited citizens where she was treated for seven stab wounds to her left chest, left arm, shoulders, and left hand.
An investigation has been launched.